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Ashram + Osho = Ashhole
Warning! This article contains violent words, including cusses, adult situations and heaps of frustrated feelings. Don’t try this at home.
I arrived in Gokarna, an idyllic beach community in the North of Karnataka, the state between Kerala and Maharashtra (where Bombay is). This beach ap
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New Delhi, India – May 2000
Delhi, the capital of India, is an amalgam of the old and the new. The ancient and the modern times are in juxtaposition here, not only in the remains of a succession of empires, but equally in present social structure and lifestyles.
Delhi is divided into two parts. The old Delhi was one o
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Bhanged Up In Pushkar
Sitting solitary next to the holy lake at Pushkar as the sun was setting I clasped a camera film pot containing nothing other than the steaming green faeces of my travelling compadre who was at that time lying semi-conscious in our room in his skidmarked towel.
I was supposed to get the sto
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New Delhi, India – Recipe of the Month
August 2000
Butter Chicken
Ingredients: Serves 4
Raw Cashewnuts – 1 cup (150g)
Garam Masala – 2 tsp.
Ground Coriander – 2 tsp.
Chilli Powder – 3/4 tsp.
Salt – 1 tsp.
Garlic, chopped – 6 cloves
Fresh Ginger – 1 Tbsp
White Vinegar – 2 Tbsp
Tomato
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A California Mom Lands in India
Well, let me tell you a bit about India. I was there in the 1980s, but there were things there then that hadn’t changed in hundreds of years, so I doubt they’ve changed much since. One thing you learn there is to be patient, whether it’s waiting two weeks to make a phone cal
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New Delhi, India – June 2000
Events
When the 2001 census is through, the Delhi head-count may stand at a staggering 1.43 crore. That’s one-and-half times the 1991 count of 94.2 lakh. Delhi’s population growth rate is much higher than other metros and well above the national growth rate. But the real culprits
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Munnar, India
An Idyllic Haven
At 5500ft, Munnar is the only hill station in south Kerala that lay snuggled in the high ranges of Western Ghats at the confluence of three mountain streams – Mudrapuzha, Nallathani and Kundala. The spectacular vista of cloud kissed rolling hills carpeted with tea plan
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Tim and Mari’s World Tour – India
India
June 6 – July 6
By the time we arrived in India, we had heard so many stories from other travellers, that we were ready for absolutely anything. India, it seems, is a love/hate country among the group of wanderers that we have met. NOW, Mari and I can agree that India has its share
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New Delhi, India – August 2000
Events and Festivals
Raksha Bandhan is an unspoken pledge exchanged between a brother and sister cementing their fraternal relationship. This also reinforces their protective bond against all ills and odds.
Raksha Bandhan is celebrated on the day of Shravan Poornima that falls in the month
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Sanchi, Central India (1 of 2)
In the middle of Central India’s Madhya Pradesh state, 70 km north of the modern industrial city of Bhopal and its tragic recent history of disaster, stands a wonderful oasis of peaceful tranquility and great historical significance.
The great Buddhist stupa of Sanchi, and its attenda
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Abandoned Mandu
India is a country full of romantic ruins, forts and abandoned cities, and often the most memorable moments of a trip to India are spent exploring one of these spots, absorbing the atmosphere of a bygone age. Of the several abandoned cities that I visited recently in India, the one that left
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The Asiatic Lion’s Last Stronghold: India’s Gir Forest (1 of 2)
When I first read in my guidebook that there were still lions surviving in the wild in India, I was surprised. I knew that in ancient times lions had been found all over the Middle East, and it made sense that their range might have extended into India; however, I had a vague recollection of
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Tigers in India (1 of 3)
To see a tiger in the wild: it was unquestionably the highlight of my three months in India, but it was no easy task.
Unlike lions in East African wildlife parks, there is no guarantee that one or two days spent at an Indian national park will produce a tiger sighting. It took me eight days
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Trekking in the Mist
There’s a part to most of us that wants to head off the beaten path, to take the road less-traveled, to experience the different. If this sounds like you, the tea gardens of Ponmudi should be your next port of call. Just 40-odd miles from Trivandrum (it has an international airport), t
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Leaving Paradise Can Be Hell (3 of 3) – Nicobar Islands, India
Leaving Paradise Can Be Hell Part 3 of 3
Nicobar Islands, India
Sunset over Beach No. 7 at the end of another perfect day in paradise.
Were there any downsides to paradise? There were, it must be admitted, sandflies on the beach, at times making it impossible to sunbathe, although lyi
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Digital Backpacker 2000
January 4th: India
Hello rupee!! Hello chocolate!!
Holland welcomed me with a cool breeze and the German words “Noch immer Radarkontrolle” along the highway. It wasn’t a feeling of coming home at all. I missed the palm trees and the crowds walking the streets at night. Back h
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A Round-the-World Journey to Find a New Home #2
27th April 2001, 22:30Delhi, and it’s about 33°C
First impressions: well, after a dream flight (there were only about 50 passengers on our 747 plane, and we could pretty much choose where to sit) walking off the aircraft we were hit by a wall of heat. Not a basking heat, but a hea
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The Jomsom Trek (1 of 2)
4/1/01, 8 Hours, Marpha
Indian men and women in flip flops hiked through the wind across the rocky Kali Gandaki river bed. We discovered they are Hindus on a pilgrimage to Muktinath in the Mustang; it is a site with temples holy to Hindus and Buddhists. The villages we wandered through today
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Open Wide – Before You Go #5
Getting A Visa
Most consulates have websites now where Visa forms are downloadable. That makes it super easy to get everything ready so you can get the visa without problems.
Fun Visa facts: The Indian Consulate in Toronto only wants cash. The six month tourist visa is CDN$62. You will hav
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With the Sea Always On My Right
Sandy Robert lives in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana, one of the most beautiful urban areas in the USA. It is also “the party capital of the world!”
The author, in Jaipur, India on
her latest trip to India, Nepal and Tibet.
However, she has wanderlus
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